Concord: Motorcyclist suffers severe leg injury after being hit

CONCORD -- A motorcyclist suffered a major leg injury Tuesday after being hit by an elderly man in a Jeep on Port Chicago Highway, Concord police said.

At 4:13 p.m., Concord police responded to a vehicle accident along southbound Port Chicago Highway. When police arrived, they found a 39-year-old motorcyclist down with a severely fractured leg, said Lt. Darrell Graham of the Concord Police Department.

The man, whose identity was not released, was transported to a hospital for treatment.

The man who hit the motorcyclist was a 71-year-old driving a Jeep Cherokee who was turning out of the Diablo Creek Golf Course onto the highway.

His identity was also not released.

It is unknown how the accident occurred, but no one was arrested, Graham said, and drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a factor.